I am interested in the socio-economic and military history of the Late Antiquity period of the Roman Empire from the first century to the fifth century. I particularly the economic perspective of the Great Persecution and its implications during Constantine’s reign.

Politics, Religious Persecution, and the Tetrarchic Inflation

Assisted Publications:

Drake, Harold Allen. The Wisdom of the Ancients: Four Ideas that Changed the World. Oxford University Press, 2025.

Brown, Christopher Boyd, ed.  John 13-21.  Reformation Commentary on Scripture: New Testament 4.  Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2020.

Luther, Martin.  Disputations II.  Luther’s Works 73.  St. Louis: Concordia, 2020.

 

Late Antiquity, the Socio-Economic and Military History of the Roman Republic-Late Roman Empire, the history of Early Christianity, the History of Ancient Greece, and Medieval History 

Teaching Assistant

  1. TA for History 4A: The Ancient Mediterranean Fall 2022
  2. TA for History 4B: Medieval-Early Modern Europe Winter 2023 
  3. TA for History 4A: The Ancient Mediterranean Spring 2023
  4. TA for History 4A: The Ancient Mediterranean Fall 2023
  5. TA for History 4B: Medieval and Early Modern Europe Winter 2024
  6. TA for History 4C: Modern Europe Spring 2024
  7. TA for History 4A: Ancient West Asia Fall 2024
  8. TA for History 17B: History of the American People, 1830-1920  Winter 2025
  9. TA for History 2C: World History Since 1700 Spring 2025
  10. TA for History 4B: Medieval and Early Modern Europe Summer Session
  11. TA for History of Art and Architecture ARTHI W6R/WRIT W6R: Rome: The Game, Fall 2026
  12. TA for History 4A: Global Rome, Winter, 2026
  13. Instructor of Record (Teaching Associate) for History 112A: Roman Imperialism, Spring 2026

Awards and Honors

  1. Dissertation Research Grant, $5,000, North American Patristics Society, 5/22/2026
  2. Research Grant $1,200, UC Santa Barbara, History Department, 5/22/2026
  3. Conference Grant $1,600, UC Santa Barbara, History Department, 5/22/2026
  4. History Associates, Harold and Kathleen Drake Fund, $3,000, UC Santa Barbara, History Department, May 18, 2026
  5. American Numismatics Society Fellowship, $3,000, New York, NY, March 5, 2026
  6. History Associates, Harold and Kathleen Drake Fund, $1,100, UC Santa Barbara, History Department, March 13, 2026
  7. UC Santa Barbara Preliminary Round Runner-up, February 27, 2026
  8. Esmé Frost Fellowship, $5,000, History Department, UC Santa Barbara, June 4, 2025
  9. Advanced to Doctoral Candidacy, History Department, UC Santa Barbara, Winter quarter 2025
  10. Travel and Research Fund, $1,200, UC Santa Barbara, History Department, March 2023
  11. UCSB History Associates, Harold and Kathleen Drake Fund, $5,000, History Department, UC Santa Barbara, February 2023
  12. 5-year TAship $215,440, UC Santa Barbara, History Department, March 2022-June 2027
  13. Thomas N. Sizgorich Memorial Award, $1,200, UC Santa Barbara, History Department, April 2022       
  14. STM Tuition Scholarship $13,747, School of Theology and Ministry, Boston College, September 2020-May 2021
  15. Dean’s Fellowship $24,000 a year and a $5,000 yearly stipend, School of Theology, Boston University, Massachusetts, September 2017- May 2020